Sarmiento (crater)
Sarmiento is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1979, and is named for the Argentine writer Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.[1]
![]() MESSENGER NAC image at high sun angle | |
Planet | Mercury |
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Coordinates | 29.27°S 189.58°W |
Quadrangle | Neruda |
Diameter | 95 km |
Eponym | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento |
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Sarmiento is below left of center in this MESSENGER NAC image
References
- "Sarmiento". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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